Acting on impulse: How to prompt your customers into making unplanned purchases
Optimising your store for impulse buys should be an essential part of your retail strategy. That’s because around 40% of shoppers will spend more than they planned, when the strategy is implemented effectively. That striking observation came early on in Health Stores UK’s latest Shop Talk discussion, hosted this time by business coach Dave Christie […]
Indies urged to get behind Small Business Saturday event
Health store retailers are being urged to join other indie stores in spreading the word about Small Business Saturday, which celebrates the contribution of small UK businesses to their communities. The national event, run by Small Business Britain and now in its twelfth year, takes place in December and has seen billions of pounds spent […]
The top food, health and wellness trends to look out for in 2025
It’s late November and the annual festival of industry trend spotting is in full swing. Everyone from market analysts to big name retailers, brand agencies to wellness companies are keen to tell you what they are sure will be big in the food, health and wellness sectors in 2025. We’ve has been unpacking this year’s […]
Edinburgh retailer hosts Scottish Labour leader to talk rates relief
Edinburgh-based retailer Hanover Healthfoods hosted a visit from Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar this week, on the day he called on the SNP-led Government to “support Scotland’s high streets” and match the UK Government business rate relief scheme. The visit, facilitated by FSB Scotland, comes just a few weeks ahead of the Scottish Budget. Scottish retail and […]
Health stores uniquely placed to help Millennials and Gen Z on their health journeys
Health stores are uniquely placed to help set Millennials and Gen Z on a journey of good health. That’s the passionately held view of Holly Thallon Steenson, Viridian Nutrition MD and retailer (Sheaf Street Health Store, Daventry). Showing why that’s the case, and exploring practical ways of getting these vital younger demographics into our stores, […]
Try these great tips to make your festive season sparkle
Health Stores UK’s latest Shop Talk event offered retailers a whole host of brilliant tried and tested tips and ideas that will help stores get the most out of the festive selling season. Hosted jointly by Dave Christie (Take on Goliath), Joanne Hill (Amaranth) and Cheryl Thallon (Sheaf Street Health Store), the session covered all […]
Don’t pass me by: Encouraging shoppers to stop, look and enter your store
What does your store front say about you and your business? Is it attracting potential new customers, or could it – gasp! – be putting them off? These were among the questions tackled in the latest in our Mastermind Forum discussions*. Session host Cheryl Thallon (owner of Sheaf Street Health Store) had prepared a punchy […]
What do you think about Mary Portas’s view of health stores?
The retail expert and former government adviser on the future of the high street, Mary Portas, was the headline speaker at last week’s Natural & Organic Products Expo show in London, where she gave a wide ranging interview with natural beauty champion and broadcaster, Janey Lee Grace. She was specicially asked for her opinion on […]
Queen of Shops: Mary Portas to headline at NOPEX
Natural & Organic Products Expo (NOPEX) has announced that the prominent retail expert, broadcaster, author, and activist, Mary Portas, will headline the trade event on 14-15 April at ExCeL London. Known as the ‘Queen of Shops’, Mary Portas is a highly influential figure in the retail world with decades of experience and a successful track record […]
Autumn statement: Business rates relief extension welcome, but small retailers face ever higher costs
Health Stores UK has welcomed aspects of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, but warns that high business costs continue to threaten the viability of crucially needed independent retailers. Key elements announced by Jeremy Hunt in the House of Commons on Wednesday included: • A cut in the main 12% rate of employee national insurance contributions by […]
